Hello everyone welcome to episode 196 of the juice box podcast.

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Today's episode is with Susan.

Susan reached out and wanted to know if I had an episode about depression, anxiety, and the

mental health aspect of type 1 diabetes.

I didn't, so I asked her to come on to talk about it.

In her initial outreach to me, she said that she had struggled with

these things prior to the diagnosis of her daughter but that they got amped up in

her words after diabetes. She said she was doing better now but had her moments and wanted to know if other people could share

their insights so that she could learn. Turns out I didn't have an episode about that.

So Susan came on very generously to talk about her life.

For a topic that I wasn't sure I could find fun in, we really did.

And yet got out a lot of really interesting stuff.

So sit back, relax, and remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast

should ever be considered advice, medical or otherwise.

This is My daughter, Genevieve, is 16 and she's our T1D. I also have another daughter, Michaela, who's 14, who is not T1,

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